Miss West Texas Pageant contestants from Odessa area
Catherine Machico George 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris George of 316 East 44th will perform a Japanese dance in the Miss West Texas Pageant talent contest at the Ector County Coliseum June 29 30 and July 1. Stephanie Suzanne Johnson 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Johnson of Seminole will sing You Light Up My Life for the talent contest and plans to study business administration and voice at Howard Payne University. Mercury near 100 across Permian Basin with southerly winds today, 15 to 20 mph, tonight veering to southeast 10 to 15 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Machico
Cathy) George
Chris George
East 44Th
Ector County
Permian High School
Seminole High School
Stephanie Suzanne Johnson
Don Johnson
Seminole
Odessa Area Deaths and Funeral Notices
Death notices from Odessa area report Manuel Loera age 68 dying at Medical Center Hospital and pending services. Branscum James Richard 82 two week illness died at Medical Center Hospital with 4 p.m. Sunday services in Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home and Sunset Memorial Gardens burial. Callie Shields 55 Route 5, services 2 p.m. Saturday in Cisco church, graveside 4:30 p.m. Atoka Cemetery, survivor lists and movings include Cisco Odessa and Floydada. Others include Alton Robertson 75 Midland, Eldredge Yancy 72 Houston, Marion Bartlett 55 Fort Stockton, with multiple survivors and memorials requested to charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Loera
North Adams
Medical Center Hospital
Easterling Funeral Home
James Richard Branscum
Kay
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Branscum
Odessa
Hobbs
N.M
Eastside Baptist Church
U.S. Navy
Reno
Clea Linda Davis
Winfield, Tenn
Vernon R. Branscum
East 2Rd
Douglas G. Branscum
Long Beach
Calif
H.D. Self
Walnut
George Jo Johnson
Brittany
J.B. Welch
Perry Park
Colo
Floyd Hamilton
St. Louis
Bill Branscum
Keno
Hazel Hardwick
Branston
Maggie Wilson
Callie Faye Shields
Holly-Rhyne Funeral Home
Cisco
Atoka Cemetery
Novice
Shields
E.C. Graham Hospital
Dolph Campbell Shields
Coleman
Skybell
American Legion Auxiliary
First Baptist Church
Floydada
Order of the Eastern Star
Douglas Sullivan Shields
Walter E. Holland
Dewey, Okla
Jim Anderson
O'Donnell
Alfred Anderson
Lydia Rantz
Brownwood
Monterey Grimes
Seattle
Wash
Sara Siler
East 45Th
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Alton C. Robertson
Midland
Alton Cook Robertson
Asbury Methodist Church
Colorado City Cemetery
Thomas Funeral Home of
Robertson
Midland Memorial Hospital
Colorado City
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Myrtle
LaVena Cooper
Bonnie Minter
Farmington, N.M
George Pink Robertson
Lafayette
Eldredge Franklin Yancy
West 12Th
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Yancy
Williamson County
Lola
Margaret West
West 10Th
Ann Brown
Santa Monica
Charel Davis
Kansas City
Kan
Nancy Smith
Marion Bartlett
Fort Stockton
Fred
Marion) Bartlett
East Hill
Tom Bartlett
Irving
R.B. Bechtel
Robert W. Bechtel
Jean Stegall
Austin
American Cancer Society
OHS Students Attend National Council Conference
Six Odessa High School students will attend the 42nd Annual National Conference of the National Association of Student Councils and Student Activity Advisers in Hurst. Delegates from all states territories and several foreign countries will participate with the theme Accepting the Challenge. Host school is L D Bell High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HURST
Odessa High School
National Association of Student Councils and
L.D. Bell High School
Odessa
Rob Tschauner
J.H. Tschauner
West 22Nd
Monty Been
Callaghan comments on SALT II energy and Africa
Prime Minister Callaghan discusses Bonn talks on currency energy and SALT II. He says linked arms pacts not tied to Africa, notes Soviet advisers in about 18 African countries, and warns South Africa remains a key minerals source while Western prudence favors alertness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Japan
Italy
Canada
Bonn
Callaghan
Britain
Kremlin
Africa
Carter
Angola
Ethiopia
South Africa
US and Soviet MHD bid aims to power plants with coal
In Moscow Richard Shanklin of the US DOE notes US MHD spending near 200 million, far below the Soviet 750 million. Soviet Academy member Alexander Sheindlin forecasts in about 15 years a series of coal powered plants with one to two million kilowatts, transforming energy production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Moscow
Richard Shanklin
US. Department of Energy
MHD
Shanklin
U.S
Alexander Y. Sheindlin
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Gop Delaware and 1976 links shape 1980 race field
The piece notes Thompson seeks a second term and Baker needs a big win for national prospects after a 1976 GOP high point. Ray appears likely for a fifth Iowa term, Milliken's image is bright yet Michigan race tightens, Connally touts his forum and claims official exoneration, Weicker backs a 80 committee, Schweicker could gain help if Reagan quits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Thompson
Baker
Ray
Iowa
Milliken
Michigan
Connally
John Connally
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Richard Schweicker
Pennsylvania
Reagan
Carter plan details gasoline rationing with white market option
Schlesinger outlined a standby plan permitting a white market for buying and selling rationing coupons to prevent a black market. The proposal favors vehicle registrations over driver counts, envisions quarterly checks, and includes printing 5 billion five-gallon coupons while destroying old nonserial coupons to curb fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlesinger
Gerald Ford
Carter Texas Swing Aims to Boost Democratic Fundraising
President Carter schedules a Fort Worth stop at 1 p.m. with Texas Republicans noting a need to shore up his sagging poll numbers before a Houston dinner at 9:30 p.m. one of six regional fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee. About 1,500 tickets cost 500 each, drawing leaders from Texas and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrant County Convention Center
Fort Worth
U.S. House
Jim Wright
Carter
Houston
Texas
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Ruben Bonilla
League of United Latin American Citizens
Heat wave forecast at Midland with near 100 degree highs
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports temperatures near 100 today and Saturday, cooling to about 70 tonight. Winds southerly 15 to 20 mph tonight. Highs near 100 today and tomorrow, overnight low around 70. Year to date precipitation 3.77 inches. Sun sets at 8:58 p.m. and rises at 6:44 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland
Mercury
Midland Regional
Odessa Girl Injured After Falling From Car
A 2-year-old Odessa girl, Judy Lacomb, was admitted in good condition with bruises after falling from her mother's car on Tripp Road west of Odessa Friday morning. Highway Patrolmen report the incident occurred at about 8:45 a.m. as the vehicle negotiated a curve. The child was treated at Medical Center Hospital and later transferred to Women's and Children's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Texas Highway
Gardendale 4-H Horse Show Slated for Saturday
Gardendale 4-H Horse Club will hold a show at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Gardendale Arena featuring halter and performance classes. Prizes go to first through sixth place. entry is $3.50 per class. Open to 4-H members ages 9 to 19, Pee Wee classes for ages 8 and under. For details contact Joe Tom Greer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardendale
Gardendale 4-H
Gardendale Arena
Joe Tom Greer
West Texas Cat Club Plans Sunday Meeting
The West Texas Cat Club will meet 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Hospitality Lodge on East Highway 80 to discuss organizing the Royal Merit Cat Show on December 8 and 9 in Odessa. The show is open to all registered cats and household pets, with ribbons and trophies awarded, and veterinarians will cover diet disease and inoculations. The club, affiliated with the American Cat Fanciers Association, invites the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Cat Club
East Highway 80
Odessa
Club
The
American Cat Fanciers Association
Vandals smeared shoe polish on cars in Byron block
Police investigate five vandalism incidents Friday. Edith Libson reported shoe polish on her car at 1400 Byron, and Phillip Elsner also found his car at the same location smeared. A window at 49er Restaurant, 901 West County Road, was broken. a plate glass window valued at $125 was found broken at 100 Casa Grande. a hole shattered in a storage building at 4298 Bonham by a rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Edith Libson
Bonham
West County Road
Othello at Globe of the Great Southwest Tomorrow
Tomorrow in Odessa the Globe of the Great Southwest presents Othello at 8 PM. The production features a regional company bringing Shakespeare to the downtown venue with evening curtain and local audience anticipation.
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Pepette
Permian High
George
Odessa College
Seminole Bank
Big Bend
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
el Paso
Palacios
Miss Winwood Mall
Miss Seminole State Bank
Eldredge F. Yancy
James Branscum
OHS
Colorado
Jim McCann
White House
Child
Cat Club
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